ELA Vocabulary

A stop or pause in a line of poetry

• stanza

• caesura

• imagery

• simile

Which is an example of a hyperbole?

• I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

• The wind howled in the night.

• She was quiet as a mouse.

• BOOM!

Describing one thing as if it were another

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• allegory

A figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given human characteristics

• irony

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

Based on this sentence, what does the word admire mean?

• Dislike

• Appreciate

• Hurtful

• Underdstand

describe

• 
  a larger-life lesson or message that is made clear in a text based on the main character’s growth

• 
  presents a clear picture of a person, place, thing, or idea; uses details or sensory words

• 
  to elaborate; to express or make clear over time

• 
  acceptable; trustworthy

The use of words or phrases whose sounds suggest their meanings. (Ex: "squeak")

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

An exaggeration not meant to be taken literally

• Euphemism

• Connotation

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Enervate

• To make someone tired, no energy

• to make more beautfiul

• to copy someone

• persistant in effort

dogged

• a great misfortune

• persistant in effort

• to exclude from a group

• to cpoy someone